I want to find a faster alternative to Raspbian, because it is slow. I was wondering, can you install MM on Arch linux, and would it be any faster? I want to keep the Pi, because of the form factor and the fact that im broke right now.

@sdetweil Been there, done that, didn’t work. I’ve been searching Google for this issue, and came up short. Didn’t find much results, but I will try some more searching,

@sdetweil Boot options, and then what?

@sdetweil Clicked reconfigure, nothing shows up. Clicked desktop, just shows a list of desktops. Shows 4 desktops. I’ve been through them all, shows the same black screen.

@sdetweil This is what mine looks like. The white bar at the top of the screen is vnc viewer, not the screen. I’m using vnc viewer on my laptop.

@sdetweil This is Raspbian Stretch, yep.

@sdetweil Exactly. It seems to be running, but my wallpaper, taskbar, and icons are gone. Black screen shows in its place.

@sdetweil I could only get to terminal, by right clicking somewhere on the screen. I tried stopping MM using pm2, didn’t have any effect.

@sdetweil I cannot ssh into it. I am able to access the terminal though. MM is running on pm2, I just setup an autostart script for it. I don’t think MM is causing the issue, because the issue started just when I was setting up the PIR sensor.

@Fozi Ahh, its ok. Thanks for your help, I’ll figure something out.

@Fozi I can’t reinstall Raspbian because this is for a science fair project, due in two weeks, and I put too much work into it for me to be able to finish on time if I reinstall. There has to be a way to get my desktop back without reinstalling.

@Fozi MagicMirror framework is installed, yes.

@Fozi It didn’t work, my desktop is still just a black screen. What can I do now to get the Raspberry Pi desktop and taskbar back? All the scripts you told me to remove are gone.

@Fozi Ok, I think the SSH interface is disabled. I’ve figured out a way to get into a terminal. It seems that the desktop is there, just its not showing. I was able to right-click, and click Terminal Emulator in the menu. Ok, i’m gonna try this, and see if it works. Thank you.

@Fozi How can I undo all of the PIR sensor setup? I want to completely remove it, so I can get my desktop back.

@Fozi Sorry I didn’t state this earlier…
I’m using a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B, running Raspbian Stretch.

The actual problem was that the module script wasn’t configured correctly to use my microphone like the MMM-Hotword module was, so I copied the information under “mic” into “record”.

Hi, MM Community,
I recently installed an Adafruit PIR sensor, and configured it using this MagicMirrorCentral guide (https://www.magicmirrorcentral.com/pir-sensor-raspberry-pi-magic-mirror/), and I rebooted like the instructions said. Instead of my normal desktop showing up, all I get is a black screen with my cursor on it, but there is nothing to click. I can’t even get to the terminal to run any commands. Please help me with this, what have I done wrong, and how can I fix it?

Thanks, but i already figured it out. Appreciate the help